When
she sailed, Titanic's fares were: First Class $4350, and Third Class
$40. Nowadays, that would be more like $50,000 and $460.

Titanic received 7 ice warnings the day she hit the iceberg. The last
one, from Mesaba, never reached the bridge because Phillips was
overworked with passenger traffic. He spiked it and left it for Bride to
take up. It was lost in the shuffle. It told of heavy field and pack ice
right in their path, and might have made a difference, had it been seen.

Titanic was NEVER christened. The White Star Line christened none of
their ships. As one worker put it "They just builds 'er and shoves 'er
in.".

Titanic did NOT carry enough lifeboats....even though they were written
into the original plans. All in all, she carried 20 (4 were Englehardt
collapsibles).

There
were enough lifeboats for less than a third of her passengers, yet there
were more than enough lifeboats to satisfy the regulations of the
British Board of Trade.

There
were no binoculars (known as glasses) on the lookouts, they were
misplaced during change of officers when H.T. Wilde replaced Murdoch as
Chief Officer at Southampton.

The
operator on the Titanic told the operator of the Californian to "keep
out". This was normal. If the master of the Californian, Captain Lord,
had sent a master to master message he would have taken it as that kind
of message rated above passenger messages.

As
the ship went down, the band played light and cheerful music. Most
popular opinion is that they went down playing "Nearer My God To Thee"
but this will forever remain a mystery. Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster
had this hymm reserved for his funeral and the opinion of those who knew
him was that it was played near the end.

After
TITANIC hit the iceberg, most of her passengers were unaware that she
would sink.

Many
passengers were transferred from other liners due to a coal strike. Most
thought themselves lucky.

There
really was a J. Dawson (James). He worked as a stoker in the boiler
room. He is buried in Fairview Cemetary, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The
Titanic was the most luxurious ocean-going ship at the time of her
sinking.

Titanic almost collided with the New York as she left the dock in
Southampton. The combination of Titanic's suction, and the water
displaced by her hull caused New York to pull at her hawsers and they
snapped. The Pilot, George Bowyer, reversed the engines and stopped her.
The Captain of the tug Vulcan managed to get a rope on New York and
towed her away, mooring her at another pier.

Some
of the wealthiest people in the world were on her passenger list.

There
was more ice afloat in the North Atlantic in the Spring of 1912 than at
any time in the previous 50 years due to an unusually warm winter.

The
shipbuilders KNEW she was not unsinkable and never advertised her as
such.

Standard practice for sailing through ice was FULL SPEED AHEAD.

Titanics maneuverability had never been tested at full speed.

It
seems that the Californian was within 10 miles of Titanic, and could
have saved all of her passengers from the disaster.

Many
of the life boats were sent out to sea only half filled with passengers,
one boat contained only 12 people.

After
the sinking, four ships, the Mackay Bennet, the Minia, the Montnagnay
and the Algerine were chartered by the White Star Line to search for
bodies. Many were still wearing life jackets, and were floating near the
area of the sinking. Those that were unrecognisable were buried at sea.
A total of 328 bodies were recovered and most of them returned buried in
Halifax cemetaries. Some were returned to their families for burial (at
the White Star Line's expense).

In
1898, an American fiction writer named Morgan Robertson wrote a book
called "The Wreck of the Titan" or "Futility", about a huge luxury liner
which sinks on her maiden voyage, killing 1500 of 2200 passengers
onboard. The novel was published in 1898 and reprinted in 1912, after
the Titanic tragedy. It is now back in print for the first time in 86
years.

Submitted
Tidbits

The
dime that Rose pays Jack with for her portrait IS a 1912 Barber dime in
AU (about uncirculated) condition. This dime was purchased from Rare
Coin Galleries in Glendale CA. It seems that 20th Century Fox went there
and purchased or rented all the money used in the movie EXCEPT the wad
of cash that Cal tries to bribe Murdoch with to get a seat in a boat.
The money used in the gambling scene where Jack wins his ticket is all
real and the correct date. The studio rented British gold Sovereigns and
Swedish and German coins and notes for the film among other currency to
be used in the first and third class gambling scenes (these must be in
some of the footage that was cut from the final film). What happened to
the dime? It has been made into a keyring for director James Cameron.
That should end the debate as to whether or not the dime was correct.
From Coin World Magazine, August 24, 1998 issue.(From Paul. R. Todd - Titanic Historial Society)

In
the Fairview cemetary there is a grave dedicated to an unknown infant
whose body was recovered. It was rumored that his mother was found and
later identified, and ironically is buried one row next to the
infant.When the child was identified, I think they moved his body to his
mothers grave, and left the memorial still standing in dedication to all
children that perished that dark chilly night.(From Stephanie Dorey- Canada)

RESPONSE: This is correct for the most part.
The child was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett, the first of 4 ships
chartered by the White Star Line to recover the bodies of the victims.
Captain Lardner and the crew requested that they be allowed to take care
of the funeral expenses for him and they also provided the
headstone/memorial and were pall-bearers at his funeral. Later research
has indicated that he was the son of Mrs. Alma Paulson (third class)
but to my knowledge his grave has not been moved. It is possible though
as some of the people have been finally identified and some graves have
been re-marked to reflect this. The memorial does remember all the
children who died though, whether it was intended to or not.(From Paul. R. Todd - Titanic Historical Society)

RESPONSE: Also in regard to the unknown
infant. The child is buried next to his mother with the unknown child
headstone and has never been moved.(From Ron - Titanic Historical Society Member)

It
seems that Titanic's bad luck really started the day of her launching.
When the launch was about to happen the foremen blew their whistles to
get the men out from under the hull. One worker, James Dobbins, was
using a saw to cut a support from under the ship and had his leg trapped
when it collapsed. He was pulled out by fellow workers and included in
the headcount. He was then taken by ambulance to Royal Victoria Hospital
where he passed on after an operation. This give him the dubious honor
of being Titanic's first victim.(From Paul. R. Rodd - Titanic Historical Society)

You
may mention that the lifeboats were like this, 14 lifeboats, 2 seaworth
boats, 4 collapsables.
Another intresting fact is the Jack Thayer jumped about 10 seconds after
Millton Long. Mr. Long died, because it is thought he was pulled
inside the ship, but Jack surrivied, because he got to the overturned
collapsable.(From Rebecca)

I
have recently read an article that shows/and is about fairview cemetary
in Halifax. Some of the Titanic Stones have what is called white
markings. Which is fresh engravings of the headstone. According to the
article identifaction continues to this day and although some of the
stones are marked with just their body numbers they are infact
identified in the lists composed by the Mackey-Bennett and the other
recovery ships. The only explanation that can be offered is that once
they were identified it was to costly and caused to much pain to have
the stones marked correctly. (From Ron - Titanic Historical Society Member)

Another piece of trivia that may interest you is the chief steward of
first class was infact J. Bruce Ismay's personal secretary and his
headstone in Halifax was paid for by him.(From Ron - Titanic Historical Society Member )

In
1898, an American fiction writer named Morgan Robertson wrote a book
called "Futility", later subtitled "The Wreck of the Titan", about a
huge luxury liner which sinks after a collision with an iceberg, killing
1500 of 2200 passengers onboard. The novel was published in 1898 and
reprinted in 1912, after the Titanic tragedy. It is now back in print
for the first time in 86 years.(From E.D. Howard)